The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good
From journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth L. Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion”*, comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you’ll love.
Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion’s hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it.
Whether your goal is to build an effortless capsule wardrobe, keep up with trends without harming the environment, buy better quality, seek out ethical brands, or all of the above, The Conscious Closet is packed with the vital tools you need. Elizabeth delves into fresh research on fashion’s impacts and shows how we can leverage our everyday fashion choices to change the world through style. Inspired by her own revelatory journey getting off the fast-fashion treadmill, Elizabeth shares exactly how to build a more ethical wardrobe, starting with a mindful closet clean-out and donating, swapping, or selling the clothes you don’t love to make way for the closet of your dreams.
The Conscious Closet is not just a style guide. It is a call to action to transform one of the most polluting industries on earth – fashion – into a force for good. Listeners will learn where our clothes are made and how they’re made, before connecting to a global and impassioned community of stylish fashion revolutionaries. In The Conscious Closet, Elizabeth shows us how we can start to truly love and understand our clothes again – without sacrificing the environment, our morals, or our style in the process.
*Michelle Goldberg, Newsweek/The Daily Beast
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
Introducing “The Conscious Closet” by Elizabeth L. Cline, a renowned journalist, fashionista, and expert in clothing resale. Dubbed as the “Michael Pollan of fashion”*, Cline offers a comprehensive guide to creating a wardrobe that is both ethical and sustainable, while still being fashionable and enjoyable.
Our clothing is a deeply personal expression of our identity. In Cline’s groundbreaking book, “Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion,” she brought to light the detrimental impact of fast fashion on the environment, the lives of garment workers, and our own satisfaction with our clothes. “The Conscious Closet” provides actionable steps to address these issues.
Whether you aim to curate an effortless capsule wardrobe, stay on top of trends without contributing to environmental harm, invest in higher quality garments, support ethical brands, or all of the above, “The Conscious Closet” equips you with the essential tools. Cline presents cutting-edge research on the fashion industry’s impact and demonstrates how our everyday fashion choices can be a catalyst for change.
Inspired by her own transformative journey of breaking free from the fast fashion cycle, Cline shares the exact steps to build an ethical wardrobe. She begins with a mindful closet clean-out and offers guidance on donating, swapping, or selling the clothes you no longer love to make space for the wardrobe of your dreams.
But “The Conscious Closet” is more than just a style guide; it is a call to action to transform the fashion industry, one of the planet’s most polluting sectors, into a force for good. Cline immerses listeners in an exploration of where our clothes come from and how they are made. She connects us to a global community of passionate fashion revolutionaries.
In “The Conscious Closet,” Cline demonstrates how we can develop a genuine love and understanding for our clothes once again, without compromising the environment, our values, or our personal style.
*Michelle Goldberg, Newsweek/The Daily Beast
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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